TSA backs down on security screening procedures for pilots

The Air Line Pilots Assn. welcomed the TSA’s announcement Friday of expedited screening for airline pilots as an “important action to move the nation toward a threat-based strategy” and focus security resources where the risk is “highest” and away from a “one-size-fits-all approach,” it said in a statement.

The Air Line Pilots Assn. welcomed the TSA’s announcement Friday of expedited screening for airline pilots as an “important action to move the nation toward a threat-based strategy” and focus security resources where the risk is “highest” and away from a “one-size-fits-all approach,” it said in a statement.
Pilots and flight attendants had been calling on the TSA revise its “enhanced security screening” for crew, arguing that since ...